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A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns by: Shotoki Jinno of Kitabatake Chikafusa translated H. Paul Verley

A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns
by: Shotoki Jinno of Kitabatake Chikafusa translated H. Paul Verley

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 300 pages. Book from 1980, being one of the most influential works of Japanese history and political theory. With its glorification of Japan's system of imperial succession, the author's 14th century tract became the catechism of loyalty to the throne for generations of Japanese. Beginning with recounting of Japan's divine origins, it tells of the early deities who ruled before heaven and earth were separated. Then the lives of the human sovereigns are chronicled who ruled over Japan in the 21 centuries following the founding of the empire in the year 606 BC. This first complete English translation of this landmark work gives an extensive introduction placing the chronicle in the context of 14th century Japan and exploring its powerful legacy of Japan before the Tokugawa period. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396915

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Akira Kurosawa: master of cinemaby: Cowie, Peter

Akira Kurosawa: master of cinema
by: Cowie, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The most lavishly produced and profusely illustrated volume on Akira Kurosawa ever published, timed for the centennial of his birth. Akira Kurosawa is arguably the greatest of all Japanese film directors and is respected around the world as one of the masters of the art form. This is the first illustrated book to pay tribute to his unmistakable style--with more than two hundred images, many never before published. The filmmaker is also famous for his attention to detail, and fans will delight in seeing annotated script pages, sketches, and storyboards that reveal the meticulous craft behind Kurosawa's genius. Peter Cowie examines how Kurosawa took the samurai genre to its apogee in such films as Yojimbo and Seven Samurai; his literary influences in such films as Throne of Blood [Macbeth] and Ran [King Lear]; and in his take on our relationship to the modern world in such films as High and Low and Dreams.

Record # 352344

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Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43by: Feuer, A.B.

Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43
by: Feuer, A.B.

Softcover. Mechanicsburg PA, Stackpole Books, 1st pbk, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers -- for the most part, Australian civilians -- monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs. Clean copy.

Record # 397911

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Crisis Politics in Prewar Japan: Institutional and Ideological Problems of the 1930s (SIGNED COPY)by: Wilson, George M.

Crisis Politics in Prewar Japan: Institutional and Ideological Problems of the 1930s (SIGNED COPY)
by: Wilson, George M.

Hardcover. Tokyo, Sophia University, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 87 pages. INSCRIBED BY GEORGE M. WILSON ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black boards, cream cloth spine with gilt titles, white dust jacket with illustration. Price-clipped, slight rubbing to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 808225

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Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima by: Lifton, Robert Jay

Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima
by: Lifton, Robert Jay

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 594 pages. In Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion"--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age. Small notation on dj flap otherwise clean.

Record # 387335

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Deference and Defiance in Nineteenth-Century Japanby: William Wright Kelly

Deference and Defiance in Nineteenth-Century Japan
by: William Wright Kelly

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a green dust jacket that's faded to blue along spine. Four times in the nineteenth century, popular protest movements spread across the northern Japanese rice plain of Shonai. This study skillfully portrays the changing character of the protests, their relationship to one another, and their role in the societal transformation of Shonai first during Japan's shift from tributary polity to nation state and then from mercantilism to capitalism. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 396905

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Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japanby: Elison, George

Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan
by: Elison, George

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 542 pages, tan cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket has edgewear, chipping to corners. There is some light pencil marking to about 12 pages in the front of the book. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 403201

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Dictionary of the History and Geography of Japanby: Papinot, E.

Dictionary of the History and Geography of Japan
by: Papinot, E.

Hardcover. Yokohama, unknown, 1st, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 842 pages, gray cloth covers worn, spine cloth loose from spine backing, hinges cracked. Inside very good,clean, lacks title page which may never have been printed. A detailed collection of names, places, events, throughout Japanese history. English text. From a library in Japan with card and envelope inside rear cover and sticker on spine. Uncommon.

Record # 404532

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Encounter with Disaster: a Medical Diary of Hiroshima 1945by: Liebow, Averill A.

Encounter with Disaster: a Medical Diary of Hiroshima 1945
by: Liebow, Averill A.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 2nd pr., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 209 pages. Many b&w photos, some color. The author and S. Oughterson and Shields Warren, as part of the United States Atomic Bomb Causality Commission, were sent immediately (September 1945) to survey Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan after the bombing and surrender of Japan to study the devastation and the subsequent irradiation sickness.

Record # 380941

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Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashionby: Fukai, Akiko

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
by: Fukai, Akiko

Hardcover. London, Merrell Publishers, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. Illustrated with over 250 photographs and sketches. Future Beauty is the first comprehensive survey of Japanese avant-garde fashion of the last 30 years. Such designers as Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo made an enormous impact on the world fashion scene in the late twentieth century, challenging established notions of beauty and turning fashion into art.

Record # 353058

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Geisha: A Photographic History, 1872-1912by: Stanley B. Burns/ Elizabeth A. Burns

Geisha: A Photographic History, 1872-1912
by: Stanley B. Burns/ Elizabeth A. Burns

Hardcover. NY, powerHouse Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 119 pages. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY STANLEY BURNS on the title page. Japanese geisha and courtesans intrigue and fascinate Westerners. During the mid-nineteenth century, Japan opened its doors to the world and became an essential destination for travelers. Tourists desired images of landscapes and traditional Japanese culture, which Japanese photographers provided. They created souvenir albums consisting of hand-colored photographs individually chosen by the tourist. Many are so beautifully painted that they challenge modern sensibilities familiar with color photography. The photographic conventions were inspired by the aesthetics of the noted colored woodblock print medium of ukiyo-e and the privately published surimono. These works depicted the "floating world"--courtesans, geisha, and entertainments--which also were intriguing subject matter for tourists. The beautiful, large photos in this volume give a special insight into the old world of geisha. Clean copy.

Record # 396876

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Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30 1945 by: Hachiya, Michihiko

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30 1945
by: Hachiya, Michihiko

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 237 pages. Endpaper maps. Day-by-day eye witness account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the seven weeks that followed. Dr. Hachiya, himself wounded in the blast, was director of a major Hiroshima hospital. Translated and edited by Warner Wells, M.D. One of the best first hand accounts; much on the the gradual "discovery" of radiation sickness. The dust jacket's rear panel has photo of the author's surviving family. Bookplate opposite half-title page, otherwise clean.

Record # 396626

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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document 1961by: Tomatsu, Shomei and Ken Domon

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document 1961
by: Tomatsu, Shomei and Ken Domon

Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 138 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs by Shomei Tomatsu and Ken Domon. Introduction by Hideki Yukawa. Square format,white cloth covers with gray concentric circle design by Kohei Sugiura, gray lettering on spine. This copy is without a slipcase and the accompanying scientific booklet. There are 2 tannish stains to rear cover near spine, light soil to white covers and some bumps to top edge at corner and spine. Internally clean except for short owner's signature at top of title page. Photographs available.

Record # 404535

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History of Japan, A (3 Volumes: Vol. I from the Origins to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 Vol. II: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse 1542- 1651 Vol, II: the Tokugawa Epoch 1652 -1868)

History of Japan, A (3 Volumes: Vol. I from the Origins to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 Vol. II: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse 1542- 1651 Vol, II: the Tokugawa Epoch 1652 -1868)

Hardcover. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, reprint, 1949/1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three hardcover volumes, bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. 667, 743 and 823 pages, index, folding color maps. The most comprehensive and reliable history in English. The major single resource which covers it all from the beginning down to the Meiji Restoration. A classic, based on Japanese historical works. Volumes 1 and 2 dated 1949, Volume 3 is dated 1926 and is a little darker green. All clean, tight copies.

Record # 358605

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Japan and Her People - Volume 2by: Hartshorne, Anna C.

Japan and Her People - Volume 2
by: Hartshorne, Anna C.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 374 pages. Volume 2 only. Blue cloth boards illustrated with gilt design - blue cloth protective cover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Gilt top edge. One fold-out map of Japan. Volume 2 only.

Record # 510120

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Japan Erupts: The London Naval Conference and the Manchurian Incident 1928-1932 (Studies of the East Asian Institute)by: Morley, James William (Editor)

Japan Erupts: The London Naval Conference and the Manchurian Incident 1928-1932 (Studies of the East Asian Institute)
by: Morley, James William (Editor)

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 410 pages with index. Contains selected translations from Taiheiyo senso e no michi: kaisen gaiko shi. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. The first volume in Morley's 4 volume set "Japan's Road to the Pacific War".

Record # 397175

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Japan's Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences by: Ike, Nobutaka

Japan's Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences
by: Ike, Nobutaka

Hardcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 306 pages. Records of 62 conferences held in Tokyo between March and December of 1941 provide direct access to the thinking and planning of Japan's highest leaders as they prepared for war. Indexed, with 12-page appendix. First published in 1967, no dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396628

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Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period (Studies of the East Asian Instituteby: Gluck, Carol

Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period (Studies of the East Asian Institute
by: Gluck, Carol

Hardcover. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 407 pages. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Lovely copy with only minor wear to upper edge of dust jacket, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, else in like new condition.

Record # 453656

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Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Accountby: Justin Williams, Sr.

Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Account
by: Justin Williams, Sr.

Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with light fading to spine, 305 pages, b&w illustrations. Notes, bibilography, index. Highly informed opinions concerning most of the controversial aspects of the Allied occupation of Japan and the adjustment of Japanese politicians to the democratic process. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396896

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Japan's Technological Challenge to the West, 1950-1974:Motivation and Accomplishment by: Ozawa, Terutomo

Japan's Technological Challenge to the West, 1950-1974:Motivation and Accomplishment
by: Ozawa, Terutomo

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, MIT Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a price-clipped dust jacket, 162 pages. Japan's economy enjoyed unprecedented technological growth in the decades after World War II. At first stereotyped as an exported of shoddy goods, Japan enjoyed a worldwide reputation as an efficient manufacturer of high-quality products. This comprehensive analysis of Japanese management treats four related but distinct subject matters: the economic, social, cultural, and political environment pertinent to Japan's industrial and managerial system; the ideologies and background to the Japanese business elite structure and the relationship between government and business; and managerial practices (organizational structure, personnel practices, decision making). The book first describes the postwar technological environment in and outside Japan. It identifies the Schumpeterian characteristics of economic development and the particular set of relationships that Japan had with the United States and with developing nations in Asia that provided it with the incentive and the necessary mechanisms to advance technologically. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397209

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Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945 - 1964by: Hiraki, Osam

Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945 - 1964
by: Hiraki, Osam

Hardcover. Paris, Flammarion, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The 150 photographs in this collection represent a unique vision of a nation struggling to define itself. These images are accompanied by essays from renowned Japanese experts, who provide social and historical insight into this period and its photographic output. The first comprehensive review of this period in Japanese photography,.

Record # 350411

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Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Skyby: Munroe, Alexandra

Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky
by: Munroe, Alexandra

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 416 pages, illustrated throughout with 445 illustrations including 200 plates in full color. Previous owner's initials on half title page. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460354

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Japanese Prints by: Fahr-Becker, Gabriele

Japanese Prints
by: Fahr-Becker, Gabriele

Hardcover. US, Taschen, 1st, 1999-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 200 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461512

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Japanese Religion in the Meiji Era - Volume II - Religionby: Kisimoto, Hideo

Japanese Religion in the Meiji Era - Volume II - Religion
by: Kisimoto, Hideo

Hardcover. Tokyo, Toyo Bunko, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 377 pages. Hardcover. Volume II only. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607997

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Japanese Thought in the Tokugawa Period, 1600-1868: Methods and Metaphorsby: Tetsuo Najita/Irwin Scheiner

Japanese Thought in the Tokugawa Period, 1600-1868: Methods and Metaphors
by: Tetsuo Najita/Irwin Scheiner

Softcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 209 pages. The essays collected in this volume reveal the dramatic story of 'mindfulness' at all levels of Tokugawa society and demonstrate the importance of this history for modern Japanese culture. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397177

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Japonicaby: Arnold, Sir Edwin

Japonica
by: Arnold, Sir Edwin

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Hardcover with decorated front cover. Covers have heavy wear on edges. Light soil and darkening to pages. Gutter lightly cracked.

Record # 354254

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Katsura: A Princely Retreatby: Nishikawa, Takeshi (Photography), Akira Naito (Text)

Katsura: A Princely Retreat
by: Nishikawa, Takeshi (Photography), Akira Naito (Text)

Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan, Kodansha International Ltd. , 1st Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a few lamination issues, otherwise very good--no rips or tears. Textured gray cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, blind-stamped design on front cover board. A touch of tanning to edges, pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight. In excellent condition. Naito traces the historical story of Katsura, while photographer, Nishikawa worked for five years to put together this visual portrait.

Record # 32859

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Kenkenroku: a Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 by: Munemitsu, Mutsu /Translated By Gordon Mark Berger

Kenkenroku: a Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
by: Munemitsu, Mutsu /Translated By Gordon Mark Berger

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a hole on front fore-edge, 318 pages. Mutsu Munemitsu was the Foreign Minister of Japan during the time of the Sino-Japanese War from 1894 until the signing of the peace treaty on May 8, 1895. Mutsu was responsible for the secret documents on diplomatic matters in which he was involved, such as the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the facts about the Triple Intervention. The phrase "kenken" means "serving the sovereign with a pained heart," thus showing his loyalty to serve the Emperor. The documents in this book are exceedingly important as they are virtually the only material mentioning the diplomatic situations in the days of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396625

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North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition, the or My Last Cruise: Where We Went and What We Sawby: Habersham, A.W.

North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition, the or My Last Cruise: Where We Went and What We Saw
by: Habersham, A.W.

Hardcover. Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office University of Michigan, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 507 pages. Hardcover. Reprint of 1857 J.B. Lippincott & Co. publication produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University's Library's preservation reformatting program. B/w illustrations throughout. Pages clean, spine straight, binding tight. ISBN label on back cover. Light foxing to edges. Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. "Visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo Islands, the Coasts of China, Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the Mouth of the Amoor River."

Record # 99043

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Okagami: The Great Mirror (Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) and His Times)by: Helen Craig McCullough (A Study and Translation by)

Okagami: The Great Mirror (Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) and His Times)
by: Helen Craig McCullough (A Study and Translation by)

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press , 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 381 pages. Presented here in a new and complete translation is the Japanese classic Okagami, an historical tale that mirrors a man's life and the times in which he lived. Dating from the late eleventh or early twelfth century, it focuses on Fujiwara Michinaga, the leading political figure in the great family that dominated the court during most of the Helan period. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397179

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On Hundred Years of Tokyo Lawn Tennis: Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club Centennial 1900-2000by: Sugihara (Chairman of the Board), Yasuma

On Hundred Years of Tokyo Lawn Tennis: Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club Centennial 1900-2000
by: Sugihara (Chairman of the Board), Yasuma

Hardcover. Yokyo Japan, Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Signed letter by Chairman of the Board presenting book to previous owner inserted. Very clean inside and out. Covered by plastic bookcover/sleeve.

Record # 354111

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Oriental Humour by: Blyth, R. H.

Oriental Humour
by: Blyth, R. H.

Hardcover. Tokyo, Hokuseido Press, Reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 382 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket & slipcase. Mustard cloth boards with black printed titles to spine. Full page, full color illustrations protected with tissue guards throughout. Frontis illustration, Man Playing the Samisen, in full color & protected with a tissue guard. Chronological chart of Japanese Humor tipped-in. Dust jacket with light wear to edges, lightly price-clipped to corners. Plain slipcase with creases, light wear to edges. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750826

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Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration by: Wilson, George M.

Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration
by: Wilson, George M.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 201 pages. In this concise but ambitious historiographical essay, Wilson argues for an approach to the Meiji Restoration that emphasizes multiple lines of motive and action. The four groups under discussion: 1. The loyalists -wanted to redeem the national image and thought themselves patriots. 2.The old guard -the samurai loyal to the shogunate. 3. The common people who only wanted stability. Some favored one side or the other and some just wanted change. 4. The foreigners -most sided with the Shogunate for economic stability. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397299

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Peace-Making and the Settlement with Japan by: Frederick S. Dunn

Peace-Making and the Settlement with Japan
by: Frederick S. Dunn

Hardcover. Westport CT, Greenwood Press, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 210 pages. Professor Dunn presents an account of the making of the Japanese peace treaty. He discusses the international environment from the outbreak of World War II to 1950, the San Francisco conference of September 1951 and the security arrangements which the United States helped to create in the Pacific and Asian area. Originally published in 1963 by Princeton. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396756

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Political Development in Modern Japanby: Ward (Ed.), Robert E.

Political Development in Modern Japan
by: Ward (Ed.), Robert E.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 637 pages, black cloth covers with red and gilt design on spine. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Bright, price-clipped dust jacket.

Record # 403089

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Politics in Tokugawa Bakufu, 1600-1843by: Conrad D. Totman

Politics in Tokugawa Bakufu, 1600-1843
by: Conrad D. Totman

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket with minor tape repairs. 346 pages. A study of the bakufu, or administrative structure of the predominant ruling family in early modern Japan. The achievements of the Tokugawa family, who gave Japan 250 years of peace, are placed in a broad context through comparisons with contemporary institutional developments in other Asian countries and in Europe. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396901

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Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manilaby: James M. Scott

Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
by: James M. Scott

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 635 pages. The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific. "What Iris Chang did for our understanding of the Rape of Nanking, James M. Scott has now done for the Battle of Manila. Here is a sweeping tale of frenzied fighting and heartbreaking devastation, written by a meticulous historian who has unflinchingly probed the truth of this largely forgotten episode from the Pacific." Clean copy.

Record # 387539

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Religious Study of the Mount Haguro Sect of Shugendo, A: An Example of Japanese Mountain Religionby: Earhart, H. Byron

Religious Study of the Mount Haguro Sect of Shugendo, A: An Example of Japanese Mountain Religion
by: Earhart, H. Byron

Hardcover. Tokyo, Sophia University, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 210 pages, b&w illustrations. Beige cloth spine with patterned boards and a bright dust jacket with a glassine wrapper.

Record # 351184

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Setting Sun: Painted Photographs of Meiji Japan (SIGNED COPY)by: Elizabeth A. Burns; Stanley B. Burns

Setting Sun: Painted Photographs of Meiji Japan (SIGNED COPY)
by: Elizabeth A. Burns; Stanley B. Burns

Softcover. NY, Burns Archive Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 106 pages, color plates throughout. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY STANLEY BURNS on the title page. Japan, an island nation isolated until the mid-nineteenth century, opened its doors to foreign photographers in the 1860s. These photographers presented a visual cultural kaleidoscope of Japanese life to an eager outside world. The 160 photographs in this volume are curated from tourist albums and presented in the typical sequence. The modern reader will experience Meiji Japan in the way of a nineteenth century armchair traveler. While photographers in other countries were marketing sepia-toned prints, photographers in Japan took advantage of local artists and had their prints exquisitely painted. As with all hand-rendered artworks, quality varied; many photographs were executed so well as to challenge modern color photography. Photographers were limited by government restrictions and many scenes were set in studios rather than in real life. Despite the limitations, tourists visiting the country could purchase albums filled with colorful renditions of Japan's peoples and places. The carefully staged and approved photographs promoted an idealized and romanticized vision of Meiji Japan. Modernization and industrialization changed the country dramatically and the last vestiges of the disappearing feudal culture are captured by the camera. These intriguing photographs are beautiful multi-media artworks representing a vanished world. Clean copy.

Record # 397244

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Showa: The Japan of Hirohito by: Gluck, Carol & Stephen R. Graubard (Eds.)

Showa: The Japan of Hirohito
by: Gluck, Carol & Stephen R. Graubard (Eds.)

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This stimulating and comprehensive collection of original essays on twentieth-century Japan's history and culture provides a unique mix of American and Japanese perspectives on Showa. With an important, substantial Introduction by Carol Gluck, the volume explores the strengths of the Japanese economy, the issue of democracy and Japan's political culture, Japan's achievements in technology and the arts, and its relations with other Asian nations and the United States. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396758

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The Doolittle Raid: America's daring first strike against Japanby: Carroll V. Glines

The Doolittle Raid: America's daring first strike against Japan
by: Carroll V. Glines

Hardcover. NY, Orion/Crown, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Recaptures the World War II bombing raid over Tokyo under the command of Lt. Col. "Jimmy" Doolittle and the incredible seek-and-destroy mission that he and other American pilots endured after the bombing.

Record # 374052

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The Economic Development of Japan: A Quantitative Study by: Ryoshin Minami

The Economic Development of Japan: A Quantitative Study
by: Ryoshin Minami

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with light fading to spine, 487 pages. In this book Ryoshin Minami studies the last hundred years of Japan's remarkable economic growth from the Meiji period up to the present day. First, he reveals the factors which account for Japan's successful economic take-off during the Meiji period. Second, he explains why Japan achieved a more rapid rate of economic growth than other developed countries. This forms the major part of the book and will interest those in the developed countries who have felt the full force of Japan's export drive and whose own industries are consequently in decline. Finally, the author evaluates the results of Japan's economic growth and makes predictions for its future. The book makes a comprehensive survey of the Japanese experience in the pre- and post-war periods and points out lessons not only for developed countries but also for developing countries. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396897

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The Floating World - The Story of Japanese Printsby: James A. Michener

The Floating World - The Story of Japanese Prints
by: James A. Michener

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 403 pages. Hardcover. 65 illustrations, 40 in full color. Price clipped dust jacket worn with tape repairs, fading - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. "An account of the life and death of an art, of the men who made it and of the lusty age in which they flourished. 65 illustrations, including 40 in full color." Index, glossary, bibliography, appendices, artist biographies, chronology. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 385784

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The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War IIby: Peter Schrijvers

The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War II
by: Peter Schrijvers

Hardcover. NY, New York University Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, pages. The GI War Against Japan recounts the harrowing experiences of American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific. Based on countless diaries and letters, it sweeps across the battlefields, from the early desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at war's very end. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theater to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Schrijvers brings to life the GIs' struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Amidst the frustration and despair of this war, American soldiers abandoned themselves to an escalating rage that presaged Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Record # 387334

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The Issue of War: States, Societies, and the Far Eastern Conflict, 1941-1945 by: Thorne, Christopher

The Issue of War: States, Societies, and the Far Eastern Conflict, 1941-1945
by: Thorne, Christopher

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 364 pages. The Second World War's Pacific conflict was one of the most complex in history. It embrioled peoples from opposite sides of the globe; it was fought in China, across the expanses of the Pacific, and in the jungles of Southeast Asia; and it was devastating in its consequences for civilians and servicemen alike. It saw the first use of atomic weapons, hastened the end of the Western empires in Asia, and marked America's rise to the position of the most powerful nation in the world. Christopher Thorne, whose previous studies of the war in the Pacific have become landmarks in the field, here weaves together both the entire network of international relations surrounding the war and the impact the war had on all the societies involved--Indian as well as American; Australian and New Zealand as well as Japanese; Korean, Chinese, and Southeast Asian as well as British, French, and Dutch. The Issue of War draws on material gathered over many years in the Far East, Western Europe, and the U.S.--material including wartime films, broadcasts, and newspapers,as well as countless private and offical papers. Representing a synthesis of military, diplomatic, economic, intellectual, and social history, it not only places the war in the context of developments before 1941, but illuminates various patterns that cut across the familiar distinctions between Asia and the West or between Japan and the Allies. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396341

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The Japanese House: A Tradition for Contemporary Archiptectureby: Engel, Heinrich

The Japanese House: A Tradition for Contemporary Archiptecture
by: Engel, Heinrich

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1st Edition, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 495 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name and info on front flyleaf. Gray, decorated cover boards with blind stamped design on front cover board. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age. Binding good. Spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, has some damage to front flap and agewear. Abundantly illustrated with his own photographs and many of his own drawings, Mr. Engel asserts his creative imagination as a designer, his analytical mind as a scholar, and his intuitive insight as a teacher and a writer. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 99202

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The Japanese Islands: A Physical and Social Geography by: Pezeu-Massabuau, Jaques

The Japanese Islands: A Physical and Social Geography
by: Pezeu-Massabuau, Jaques

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle , 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 283 pages. Fold-out map of the region on light blue paper. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396904

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The Japanese Novel of the Meiji Period and the Ideal of Individualismby: Janet A. Walker

The Japanese Novel of the Meiji Period and the Ideal of Individualism
by: Janet A. Walker

Hardcover. Pinceton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 315 pages. The Western ideal of individualism had a pervasive influence on the culture of the Meiji period in Japan (1868-1912). Janet Walker argues that this ideal also had an important influence on the development of the modern Japanese novel. Focusing on the work of four late Meiji writers, she analyzes their contribution to the development of a type of novel whose aim was the depiction of the modern Japanese individual. Professor Walker suggests that Meiji novels of the individual provided their readers with mirrors in which to confront their new-found sense of individuality. Her treatment of these novels as confessions allows her to discuss the development of modern Japanese literature and "the modern literary self" both in themselves and as they compare their prototypes and analogues in European literature. The author begins by examining the evolution of a literary concept of the inner self in Futabatei Shimei's novel Ukigumo (The Floating Clouds), Kitamura Tokoku's essays on the inner life, and Tayama Katai's I-novel Futon (The Quilt). She devotes the second half of her book to Shimazaki Toson, the Meiji novelist who was most influenced by the ideal of individualism. Here she traces Toson's development of a personal ideal of selfhood and analyzes in detail two examples of the lengthy confessional novel form that he created as a vehicle for its expression.

Record # 379852

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The Japanese Spirit by: Okakura Yoshisaburo

The Japanese Spirit
by: Okakura Yoshisaburo

Hardcover. NY, James Pott & Co., 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with bright gilt design to cover, gilt lettering on spine, 127 pages. Introduction by George Meredith. Bookplate/name on inside front cover. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 397178

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The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori by: Mark Ravina

The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori
by: Mark Ravina

Hardcover. Hoboken NJ, Wiley Publishing, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The Last Samurai traces Saigo's life from his early days as a tax clerk in far southwestern Japan, through his rise to national prominence as a fierce imperial loyalist. Saigo was twice exiled for his political activities - sent to Japan's remote southwestern islands where he fully expected to die. But exile only increased his reputation for loyalty, and in 1864 he was brought back to the capital to help his lord fight for the restoration of the emperor.

Record # 379533

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